They say 10,000 hours of practice is what it takes to be a great musician. Oh dear. I'm not that good at Maths but even I can work out...

Three musicians I admire: Ella Fitzgerald, Stevie Wonder, Peter Gabriel Ella: for her facility to sing a vocal line as a solo which is at...

I’ve had the occasional gig where, in the past, I used to describe the music as ‘wallpaper’. Some got cross at the phrase – until I...